“The conflicts we see tearing this country apart are rooted in one thing: a profound lack of empathy between people who live in overly incarcerated communities and those who don’t,” Van Jones, who partnered with Wong to create Empathy Project, said in a statement. “Some people call it bigotry or bias or racism, but I choose to call it a lack of empathy, and we have tools that can fix that. Virtual reality is one of the most powerful.”